Florida Panthers at New York Islanders

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Florida Panthers

35-34-3

Final
2 - 5

New York Islanders

42-27-5

Islanders rally from a multigoal deficit to beat the Panthers 5-2

Matthew Tkachuk nets unreal between-the-legs goal for Panthers

Schenn, acquired at the trade deadline, scored the tying goal in the second period after U.S. Olympic gold medal-winner Matthew Tkachuk put Florida up 2-0 through 14 minutes. Fourth-liner Marc Gatcomb started the comeback and later assisted on Casey Cizikas’ goal that made it 5-2.

Schaefer with a pair of assists matched Stefan Persson from 1977-78 at 56 points. His next goal will tie Schaefer with Brian Leetch for the most by a rookie defenseman in NHL history.

Ilya Sorokin allowed only the two goals from Tkachuk and stopped the other 17 shots he faced. Swedes Simon Holmstrom and Emil Heineman also scored for the Islanders, who have won two in a row since losing three of their previous four.

The injury-ravaged Panthers moved a step closer to getting eliminated from playoff contention. They're without forwards Brad Marchand, Sam Bennett, Sam Reinhart, Anton Lundell, Evan Rodrigues and A.J. Greer and have not had Aleksander Barkov all season after he tore ligaments in his right knee during training camp.

Up next Panthers: Visit the Rangers on Sunday.

Islanders: Host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night.

Regular Season Series

NYI win series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 8:06	Matthew Tkachuk Goal (11) Backhand, assists: Seth Jones (20)
Goal	1st Period 14:03	Matthew Tkachuk Goal (12) Between Legs, assists: none
Goal	2nd Period 5:28	Marc Gatcomb Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Adam Pelech (11), Scott Mayfield (11)
Goal	2nd Period 12:09	Brayden Schenn Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: Calum Ritchie (13), Matthew Schaefer (33)
Goal	2nd Period 14:52	Simon Holmstrom Goal (19) Snap Shot, assists: Matthew Schaefer (34), Brayden Schenn (19)
Goal	2nd Period 17:00	Emil Heineman Goal (21) Snap Shot, assists: Anders Lee (23), Brayden Schenn (20)
Goal	2nd Period 17:57	Casey Cizikas Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Carson Soucy (7), Marc Gatcomb (4)

Statistics

FLA		NYI
10	Blocked Shots	18
21	Hits	13
4	Takeaways	3
21	Shots	40
0	Power Play Goals	1
1	Power Play Opportunities	3
0.0	Power Play Percentage	33.3
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
18	Faceoffs Won	34
34.6	Faceoff Win Percent	65.4
17	Giveaways	17
3	Total Penalties	1
6	Penalty Minutes	2

New York Islanders Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Kyle Palmieri, C	Injured Reserve	Apr 15
Maxim Shabanov, RW	Out	Apr 14
Ryan Pulock, D	Out	Apr 14
Semyon Varlamov, G	Injured Reserve	Apr 14
Alexander Romanov, D	Injured Reserve	Apr 12